false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173920909m/345474.jpg 345474 5 Everyone seems to be getting on with their lives except Maggie. At 27, shes still working at the local coffee house, while her friends are getting married, having babies, and building careers. Even Olivia, Maggies best friend from childhood, is getting married to her doctor boyfriend. Maggie, on the other hand, lives with her dog Solo, and has no romantic prospects, save for the torch she carries for Domenic, the busboy. Though Maggie and Olivia have been best friends since their fattie grade school years, Olivias since gone the gastric-bypass surgery route, in hopes of obtaining the elusive size two, the holy grail for fat girls everywhere. So now Olivias thin, blond, and betrothed, and Maggies the fat bridesmaid. Ain't life grand? In this inspiring debut novel, Maggie speaks to women everywhere who wish for just once that they could forget about their weight. 335784 13 9 2005 Conversations with the Fat Girl total:663|5:119|4:217|3:232|2:74|1:21| 663 2328 1115 141 4 3 true false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:28:37 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:32:00 -0700 2008 1
All of the characters read real, as did the events (although? Who has money to just head off to Vegas for a weekend, especially when one works at a coffee shop? This part struck me as unbelievable) and relationships. I r...more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 10:13:50 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 10:15:09 -0800 2008 Liza Palmer's second book, Seeing Me Naked, I had high expectations for her first novel. Conversations with the Fat Girl was not a disappointment. It follows lifelong "fat girl" Maggie who works at a coffee shop even though she has a masters degree in art resto...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 08 15:17:17 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 15:17:53 -0700 2007
The basic gist is Maggie is 27, single, overw...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 12:20:44 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 19:42:26 -0700 2008 3 1 false true Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 11:30:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 11:47:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 12:26:56 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 24 09:12:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu May 14 21:31:34 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 21:32:09 -0700 2009
Maggie is fat, and her best friend Olivi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jul 05 16:30:24 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 16:36:15 -0700 2007
If you've ever been the fa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:07:40 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:07:52 -0800 2009 I couldn't stand this book. There were several times that I had to close the book and walk away because I was so annoyed and frustrated at the main character, Maggie. I just wanted to shake her and tell her to grow up and stop feeling so sorry for herself. I couldn't ha...more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 06:51:18 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:46:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 19 21:00:33 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 10:02:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 10:58:31 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 10:13:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 04 12:50:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 07 20:48:57 -0700 2009
I think the thing I struggled with the most was that I never really felt a connection with the main character. I felt that, being a girl who perpetually stru...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 11 20:21:54 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 20:24:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 11:36:14 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 10:33:49 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:36:14 -0800 2009
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The short story is: 2 large and love...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 12:02:48 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 10:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 12:25:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 05:36:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:59:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:10:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 12:50:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 06:18:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=345474